🔺Mandana Tishehyar
Faculty member of ECO College in Allameh Tabataba’i University & President of Iranian Peace Scientific Association

🔸Opening Session

🔺Nematollah Fazeli
Faculty Member, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies & Member of the Board of Iranian Peace Studies Scientific Association

🔸The Role of Academia in Peace-building

🔺Muhammad Nasir Khan
Post Doctorate (Oxford), Post Doctorate (Austria), Post Doctorate (Malaysia) &
Teaching/Research Associate, Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

🔸Building Sustainable Peace: Needs and Challenges for Peace Teachings and Practices

🔺Oktay BİNGÖL 
Head of Department of International Relations,
Director-AREL USAM, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey

🔸Peace Education in Schools: A Review of Turkey’s Education Programs

🔺Mohammad Abdul Hameed Dhaidan & Mohammad Jamal Hussein Elttayef
College of Tourism Sciences, University of Kerbala, Iraq

🔸Academic Technical Studies in Islamic Universities; Its Importance in Promoting Peaceful Coexistence

🔺Davoud Gharayagh-
Zandi & Sevil Makouee
Assistant Professor, Institute for Regional Studies (IRS), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran-Iran
PhD Candidate, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran-Iran

🔸The Naturalistic Settings and Socially Construction of Peace and Friendship in the Nowrooz Ritual

🔺Farhat Nasreen
Professor of History, Department of History and Culture & Director of Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

🔸Role of Historians as Influencers in the Promotion of Peace in the Nowrooz Cultural Zone

🔺Azhar Shaldarbekova
PhD in International Relations, Eurasian National University, named by L.N. Gumilev, Kazakhstan

🔸Peace-building Rituals and the Spread of the Culture of Friendship in Nowrooz Celebrations;
National Features of the Nowrooz Holiday in Kazakhstan: «Korisu» - A
Manifestation of Friendship and Harmony in Relations

🔺Fozia Jan
CCAS, University of Kashmir (J&K), India

🔸The Legacy of Nowrooz in Kashmir: from the Lenses of Academics

🔺Akbota Zholdasbekova & Moldir Bolysbekova
Associate Professor, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
PhD Candidate, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan

🔸Nowrooz Cultural Sphere in Greater Eurasia: Significance and Perspectives

🔺Ali Bilgin Varlık
Associate Professor, İstanbul Arel University, Turkey

🔸Is Peace Building in the Nowrooz Cultural Sphere more Likely in the “Post After-Hegemony” Era than Before?

🔺Sima Baidya
Assistant Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

🔸Withering Away the Precarity in the Culture of Peace within Nowrooz Cultural Sphere

🔺Punit Gaur
Founder Director, International Institute for Eurasian Studies, India

🔸Relevance of Intercultural Dialogue for Peace, Security, and Development

🔺Abid Gulzar
Assistant Professor, Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, India

🔸Nowrooz: The Hallmark of Communal Harmony in Kashmir

🔺Sara Aliabadizadeh & Ebru Gözükara & F. Oben Ürü
PhD Candidate, Istanbul Arel University, Graduate School, Business Administration
Associate Professor, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey
Associate Professor, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey

🔸Interpreting Cultures through Metaphors and Myths: A Critical Review

🔺Ana Yousefian
PhD Candidate, Islamic Azad University, Tehran

🔸Nowrooz and Redefining Iran’s Relationship with Neighboring Countries thorough Memory Diplomacy

🔺Jabar Zaman Khan Khattak
Associate professor international islamic university, Islamabad, Pakistan

🔸Role of education in peace and harmony in society

🔺Key Speaker: Mohammad Kazem Sajadpour
Associate Professor of International Relations & Former Director of IPIS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran